International News

Syria: Syria’s Poisoned Earth: How Years of Conflict Have Polluted and Destroyed Syrian Land

May 16, 2022 | Loujeina Haj Youssef and Mais Katt, Rozana

An undercovered aspect of wars is how they destroy the landscape of countries, from uprooting trees and destroying irrigation systems to polluting the soil with…

Liberia/Sierra Leone: FDA, Partners Adopt Resolution to Protect Gola Forest

May 16, 2022 | Tina S. Mehnpaine, Observer

The Liberia Forestry Development Authority (FDA) and the Society for the Conservation of Nature (SCNL) have passed resolutions to protect and manage the Gola Forest…

Ukraine: EU is Stepping Up Support to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Survivors

May 13, 2022 | European Commission

The Commission announces €1.5 million for a dedicated project to support the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in assisting women and girls in Ukraine by…

Ukraine: 21 Federal Agencies Monitoring Ukraine War's Environmental Toll

May 13, 2022 | Andrew Freedman, Axios

Senior U.S. officials are huddling weekly to assess and share information on the environmental threats Ukraine faces due to Russia's invasion, Axios has learned. The…

New Climate Frontier: Gender-Based Lawsuits

May 13, 2022 | Lesley Clark

Lawsuits brought by women against governments in Pakistan and Switzerland over failures to curb greenhouse gas emissions could be harbingers of a new avenue for…

Afghanistan: More Women Get Involved in Takhar Apiculture Business

May 12, 2022 | Yasin Joya

Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Says Will No Longer Provide Forex for Mining Companies Importing Fuel

May 12, 2022 | Reuters

Sierra Leone will no longer provide foreign exchange for mining companies and other large businesses to import oil as of June 1, accusing them of…

Champion of Women’s Right to Manage Land and Forests Wins Top Environment Prize

May 6, 2022 | New Dawn

A veteran Cameroonian activist working to preserve her country’s forests, and improve the lives of people who depend on them, is the latest winner of…

Afghanistan: More Foreign Firms Offer to Invest in Afghanistan Mining Sector [Video]

May 5, 2022 | Ariana News

More foreign firms offer to invest in Afghanistan mining sector.

Ukraine: Reports Reveal Women Are Stepping Up, Impact on Education

May 4, 2022 | UN News

The war in Ukraine is having a disproportionate impact on women and minorities, who are facing immense hardship when it comes to health, safety, and…

Myanmar: In the Wake of Coup, Gold Mining Boom Is Ravaging Myanmar

May 3, 2022 | Emily Fishbein, Jaw Tu Hkawng, Nu Nu Lusan, and Jauman Naw, Yale Environment 360

With a military junta retaking power last year, a gold rush is increasingly despoiling rivers in the Myanmar state of Kachin, polluting water with mercury,…

Afghanistan: Nearly 400 Jawzjan Women Self-Reliant in Mushroom Farming

May 2, 2022 | Baran

A number of women in northern Jawzjan province, who have become self-reliant in cultivation of mushrooms, have called on the government to train them.

Afghanistan: Mes Aynak Contract Must Be Reviewed, Work Begun: Prime Minister

Apr 26, 2022 | Amina Hakimi, TOLOnews

Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, the prime minister of the Islamic Emirate, at a cabinet meeting ordered the Economic Commission to remove the obstacles for work…

Liberia: Women's Land Rights Awareness Campaign Bears Fruits

Apr 19, 2022

Adah Johnson,* 56, from Flumpa, Nimba County in north-eastern Liberia is a beneficiary of the continued awareness sessions on the rights of women to land…

Afghanistan: Strawberry Fields Could Supplant Afghanistan's Poppies, Forever

Apr 18, 2022 | Xinhua

Afghanistan's Kandahar, Helmand and Zabul provinces have always been close to the heart of the world's opium, and later heroin, trade. Poppy cultivation has been…

Somalia: UN Women Somalia, in Partnership with the Federal Ministry of Women and Human Rights Development and Ministries of Women Launch Two Research Studies

Apr 12, 2022

UN Women Somalia, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry for Women and Human Rights Development (MoWHRD) and the Ministries of Women, Jubaland and the South West State, launched two research studies focusing on gender, climate and conflict, and market assessments of micro-enterprise opportunities at…

Colombia: A Seed Bank in Colombia Is Helping to Climate-Proof Food Systems

Apr 12, 2022 | Clarisa Diaz, Quartz

As extreme weather and drought affect agriculture all over the world, securing both food systems and farmers’ livelihoods is becoming increasingly vital. The Future Seeds…

Feminist Courage for Environmental Peace

Mar 30, 2022 | Ilse Wermink, Christina Vetter, and Brittany Roser

Women, girls, and gender minorities are uniquely and disproportionately affected by the damaging environmental impacts of conflict, while lacking and demanding access to shape the…

Colombia: Colombia Cocoa’s Peaceful Transition to Global Prominence

Mar 30, 2022 | Anthony Myers, ConfectionaryNews

ConfectioneryNews talked to Jose Puyana, ProColombia's Regional Director for Europe, ahead of a Trade Mission to the UK (31 March to 3 April) to attend…

Liberia: Actors Want Women’s Rights Mainstreamed in Agriculture, Land Sectors

Mar 26, 2022 | Varney Karmara

Stakeholders have agreed to mainstream gender equity and inclusion across the agriculture, land, and forestry sectors in Liberia.

The enforcement of gender policies across these sectors…

Climate Change/Ukraine/Russia: Russia’s War on Ukraine Upends Arctic Climate-Change Research

Mar 26, 2022 | Nidhi Subbaraman, Wall Street Journal

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has delayed or derailed international collaborations studying climate change in the Arctic, with many Western scientists and scientific organizations cutting ties…

The Gambia: Women Farming in Kubandar: Land Disputes, Climate Crisis, and Inequality

Mar 24, 2022 | UNFPA
UNFPA

In a world where climate change is impacting everyone everywhere either directly or indirectly, the poor and vulnerable are left to carry a great burden…

Why More Women Should Lead Food Security and Climate Change Projects

Mar 15, 2022 | Janine Peralta

South Sudan: Women in Malakal Lobby for Equal Rights to Own Land and Participate in Governance

Mar 12, 2022 | NNN

“We have been neglected and denied our rights for too long,” said Achol Nyibong, a women’s representative from Malakal, Upper Nile State, South Sudan. “Our…

Myanmar: Yangon Suffers Water Shortages amid Rolling Blackouts in Myanmar

Mar 11, 2022 | Irrawaddy

Yangon residents have been hit by water shortage as daily power outages disrupt lives across Myanmar.

Ukraine: The Ukraine War — Like All Conflicts — Will Hit Women and Girls the Hardest, UN Warns

Mar 11, 2022 | Tania Bryer

Women and girls pay the “highest price” during conflicts like the one in Ukraine, the executive director of U.N. Women told CNBC. Sima Bahous, who…

Gender Equality In Climate Action Talks, A Key Goal

Mar 11, 2022 | UN Women

Women and girls are 14 times more likely than men to be killed or injured as a result of climate crises and natural disasters, so…

Iceland: Iceland’s First Lady Eliza Reid- What Our Nation Could Teach the World About Gender Equality

Mar 10, 2022 | Nick Duerden

Sudan/South Sudan/Abyei: Withdrawal of Peacekeepers Draws Fears of ‘Security Threats’ in Contested Abyei

Mar 10, 2022 | John Tanza, Voice of America

The spokesperson for U.N. peacekeepers in the contested Abyei region says the mission will face huge security challenges if the U.N. withdraws Ethiopian troops from…

Violence Against Women- New EU Proposal Likely to Face Challenges

Mar 10, 2022 | Sophie Stowers